Yep, that gets it. Thanks, Robin On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 11:30:09AM -0400, Jes Sorensen wrote: > >>>>> "Robin" == Robin Holt <holt@xxxxxxx> writes: > > Robin> Oops, missed sending this to the ia64 mailing list. Robin > > Hi Robin, > > Just hit the same problem and did a little digging. It's because > platform_send_ipi() ends up doing a cpuid_to_nasid() on sn2, which > relies on NUMA information etc. being setup. > > In fact, check_sal_cache_flush() is called a fair bit before > platform_setup() in arch/ia64/kernel/setup.c, which I would claim is > completely broken. > > Either check_sal_cache_flush() needs to be moved to after > platform_setup() or Alex's patch should be reverted until a better > solution is found. I am attaching a patch that does the former, but I > don't know if this is safe on HP's systems. > > This boots on SN2. > > Cheers, > Jes > > Call check_sal_cache_flush() after platform_setup() as > check_sal_cache_flush() now relies on being able to call platform > vector code. > > Signed-off-by: Jes Sorensen <jes@xxxxxxx> > --- > arch/ia64/kernel/setup.c | 3 +-- > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) > > Index: linux-2.6.git/arch/ia64/kernel/setup.c > =================================================================== > --- linux-2.6.git.orig/arch/ia64/kernel/setup.c > +++ linux-2.6.git/arch/ia64/kernel/setup.c > @@ -578,8 +578,6 @@ setup_arch (char **cmdline_p) > cpu_init(); /* initialize the bootstrap CPU */ > mmu_context_init(); /* initialize context_id bitmap */ > > - check_sal_cache_flush(); > - > #ifdef CONFIG_ACPI > acpi_boot_init(); > #endif > @@ -607,6 +605,7 @@ setup_arch (char **cmdline_p) > ia64_mca_init(); > > platform_setup(cmdline_p); > + check_sal_cache_flush(); > paging_init(); > } > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ia64" in > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ia64" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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